RAOC Gazette - page 102
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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yMial custom by pushing out the boat in the Sergeants Mess after tlv parade. During- the parade medals were presented to the fc lowing recruits by the inspecting Officer: — Malta PI Anzio PI Aden PI Best Recruit Pte Rich PteBowden Pte Walters Best at Drill Pte Dobson Pte Allan Pte Harlow Best at PT Pte Duffy PtePilkington Pte Nicholas Best Shot PteHiggins Pte Burton Pte Walters Training Company provided strong support for the Minley Manor Sponsored Walk over a sixteen mile course and raised a considerable sum of money for service and civilian charities. After doing his sixteen miles, Lieutenant Nigel Smellie was observed to be walking in a strange, bow-legged manner. Lieutenant Alex Sturdy and the Athletics Team are con- gratulated on their excellent efforts in winning the Travers Clarke Athletics Cup for 1978 as are Sergeants Thayre, Finch, Treveil and Fell owes on their provisional selection for pro- motion to Staff Sergeant during the next year. Congratulations also to Lance Corporal and Mrs Frank Foy on the birth of their son. Mother and. son are doing fine but dad is still suffering from a strange illness, the symptoms of which are bloodshot eyes and lack of sleep. A pat on the back for Lance Corporal Knox on being selected for DGOS Lance Corporal and welcome to Lance Corporal Sue Duff WRAC—complete with GSM Northern Irciand, WRAC Company have said farewell to their office stalwart in the person of Lance Corporal Daly and wish her a happy tour of duty in BAOR, PPS. The Commandant has approved this draft, with the follow- ing comment, would anyone seeing Captain Harris ask him to call in and sign his confidential report. TRAINING SYSTEMS ADVISORY BRANCH OUR two representatives, W 2 Barratt and Staff Sergeant Smith, accompanied by their wives, travelled to Bicester to see the Queen. Staff Smith had the honour of personally being presented to Her Majesty. Sergeant Colbeck has returned from his time in hospital, where the surgeons removed a varicose vein. It is with pleasure we report on the good fortune of WOl (now Mr) Jones who has taken up a position with the Ceramics and Glassware Industrial Training Board, as a Training Advisor. This appointment, following less than a year after John Flaherty left us to join Ferranti as Senior Training Officer, would indicate that TSAB is a good outlet into Industrial Training. This month we have a few congratulations to register. First to W02 Barratt, Staff Sergeants Smith and Elmslie on being selected for promotion, on the last board. Staff Elmslie is also to be congratulated on receiving his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Congratulations go to our young clerk W/Private Grant on becoming engaged to Corporal Watts, who is currently on a Printers Course at the ETS. We welcome to our ranks Lieutenant Burden, who takes on the job of Training Evaluation Officer. Royal Military Academy Sandhurst THE month of June brings an air of urgency over New College as Major Mike Groves and Staff 5*fts£;' Sergeant Pete Harrison carry out last minute preparations, ready to send SMC 17 on their final exercise to Vogelsang. Captain Roger Wybom has now taken up the reigns of Second-in-Command of Salerno Company. A rumour must havebeen started about the RMA being a select posting (all true of course) as our new arrival Staff Sergeant Ian Munro has decided to come here rather than go into civvy street. Ian takes over the hot seat in G Branch from Staff Sergeant John Kay who is on his pre-release course pending departure into the unknown jungle called the outside world. Staff Sergeant George Stephen is after an entry into the Guinness Book of Records as he is trying to get the SNCOs of the RMA and Staff College together. This for a farewell drink to say goodbye to our other departure WOl Eric Briggs. A mention must be made (so I am told) of our own Dan the big bang man who comes under the name of Captain Dick Oldham who works in Faraday Hall with the Military Technology team. That's it then. From down in the depths of the Quartermaster's Office, a noise of a head banging against a brick wall can be heard as Staff Sergeant Brian Wicks tries to educate the Staff Clerks on the new terminology of Supply Clerk (not Technical Clerk), but finds this very hard going. Their vocabulary is very limited as it hasn't appeared in JSP 101 yet With a bit of help from an ex-Technical Clerk, the Second-in-Command Headquarters Wing, the new title is slowly sinking in. On the courses front we say welcome back to Lance Corporal Briggs after completing his RPC course and wish Corporal Lane all the best on his. Victory College refuse to give us any news this time, some- thing to do with Lance Corporal Peter Taylor filling a corporal vacancy and being far too busy getting qualified, Almost forgot Old College who are pleased to record that Lance Corporal Ken Robson is learning to appreciate the real joys of parenthood welcoming mother and new baby safely home. Ken also is to be congratulated on his sub rank. The last item is anonymous for fear of reprisals. When Major Houseman was Supervising Officer at Headquarters 1st British Corps he managed to get Letraset to produce RAOC badges. They measure roughly one inch and two and a half inches tall and are very well produced. He has used the occasional strip for barter carefully cutting off the code number. Alas, one day his clerk slipped up I'm pleased to say. I know the number and have sworn on the Blarney Stone not to say S52264/B4436 or was it B25546/S3364, oh—! ^A— EMPLOYMENT TRAINING SCHOOL LAST October heralded the arrival of Captain Mike Harris, the Schools new unit scribe. In November he was in the process of taking over although no one can remember the previous occupant spraying private cars in the Vehicle Specialist Wing. December and January saw our erstwhile Admin Officer up to his neck in hose pipes and ladders. February saw our dis- appearance from the pages of this esteemed publication. The reason for these omissions however is nothing more sinister than the fact that the said officer has encountered great difficulty in putting pen to paper whilst manning the helm of a yacht anchored at that most exotic of resorts, Netley. Our lack of contributions has, of course, disappointed the scores of readers who await news of our escapades with bated breath; it is therefore an opportune moment to wish farewell to Major Brian Parratt, WOl Dave Cartwright, Staff Sergeant Dave Btirraclough, Sergeants Terry McGill, Jack Leek, Ian Leach, Ian Parrotte, Len Savage, Corporals ' Magnificent M a i ' Black- burn. Alec Cumming, Mr Jock Morrison, Norman Long and Barbara Lumley. We wish them all well. Anyone who has served in the School during the last twenty five years will of course know Messrs Devaney and Wade. WOl Mike Devaney has retired and fled to a bread round somewhere in France, his loss is as great to us as it is to Allied Breweries. W 2 Joe Wade has not only retired, but also heads our arrivals. He has, woviId you believe, taken up employment as a Civilian In- structional Officer at the School and is now told at frequent intervals by all the School junior ranks to have a haircut. Joe has been joined by none other than Mr Lenny Penrose who many people will remember as a Military Instructor in the School. We are indeed fortunate to have their services and wish them well in the future. Our new Second-in-Command is Major Brian Cole (or at least we think he is, but there are rumours he only called on a liaison visit). For international travellers—he can still arrange holiday weekends in Antwerp at official duty rate. In addition we welcome WOl Eric Burrell, WOs2 Ted Hamon, Dave Weyers (alas only for a short while), Sr^x Sergeants Ray Scott, Len Morgan, Roy Hudson 15/19H, Sergeants Mick Dooley Kings, Mel Sutton, Mick Blackmore, John Gallager, Corporals Dave Oliphant, Bert Johns, Pete Kent, Lance Corporal Kevin Golby and hope that they all have successful tours. Congratulations are in order for Staff Sergeant Jack Smith who within a few weeks of arrival, found himself not only promoted, but also BEM. Pride of place however this month must go to the only member of the jet set who travels to work on a scooter, our typist, Mrs Maureen Whyte, who has not only been seen taking tea in the grounds of a well known Pa:ace somewhere oft: the Mall, but also going weak at the kii-ss at the smiles of Prince Charles at Pirbright (if only Captain Harris knew!). PS. If by any chance our gallant sailor should read this, your office is now the second one down the corridor, and the * in ' ^ay needs dusting. REMEMBER THAT THE DEADLINE FOR COPY IS THE 28th |
| Book number | R0247 |